Apple just released new versions of iOS, watchOS, and macOS (as well tvOS) including plugging security holes and adding a few new features. Here are four cool things you can do once you’ve updated. Night Shift: Use your Mac at Night and Sleep Better Afterwards MacOS 10.12.4 Sierra now has ...
Backing up a locked iPhone or iPad with a dead screen
If you've got an iPhone or iPod with a dead screen, that's not so awesome, but usually it can be repaired without replacing the whole device. But...not always. You want to be on the safe side and make sure there's a backup, ideally on a computer, before the device is repaired (or ...
Erase your iPhone or iPad before giving it away
If you have an old iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch that you want to sell, give away, or recycle, make sure you erase all your data and personal information first. Here's how: Go to Settings > General > Reset (all the way at the bottom) Tap Erase All Content and Settings Enter your passcode ...
Save a PDF from your iPhone or iPad
iOS 10 for the iPhone and iPad brought some pretty useful features. One of the less known ones is the ability to save a PDF rather than printing. It's not intuitive enough to discover, but here's how you do it: In your app that you wish to print from, tap on whatever you need to to print. In most ...
New Adapter Lets You Charge iPhone 7 AND Listen to Music
The new iPhone 7 announced by Apple doesn't have a headphone port, as we all know. You're supposed to plug your headphones into the Lightning port. (Unless you want to pay an exorbitant amount for the wireless headphones...) So what happens if you want to charge your phone AND listen to music at ...
Find My AirPods
Apple's new AirPods are a wireless version of their Earpods, meaning they're two independent little things that hang in your ears with no cord. It would be easier than easy to lose one or both of them. One of their features is that they are self-configuring, via iCloud, rather than having to much ...